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The FantasyLion.com's Happy New Year! Twitter...

We’re going to ring in the new year with a little fantasy football mock draftin! You can follow all of the action here! Thanks to @RossMooring @Brian_Levine @beezee05 @Thefantasynerd @Eviltweety88 @Hush2123 @AWMathis @3rdandinches @Fantasytaz @bryanbrackney and @n42d for participating! I will post the results here on my page after each round! Happy New Year everyone! -jg

Jan 1st

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Who wants to mock with The Lion?

I’m setting up a Twitter Mock Draft. If you want to do it let me know. You must be on Twitter though. We have 5 people signed up and need 7 more! For more information and to sign up, email me- john@fantasylion.com

Dec 31st

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 15: Keepin my lettuce tight! Well since I didn’t vote for the Pro Bowl and disagreed with some of the selections, I decided to select the 2009 Fantasy Football Pro Bowlers! Come peep this ish! -jg

Dec 30th

Week 17 - Tuesday's Content

Content for Week 17, Tuesday Dec 29th Edition Vlog Episode 14: Why Jim Caldwell is a bigger jerk than I am.. Twitter Roundtable Podcast regarding my 1st mock draft of the year

Dec 29th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 14: Why Jim Caldwell is a bigger jerk than I am.. What were you thinking Jimmy? My fantasy fate and some other nautical nonsense. -jg

Dec 29th

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This is the podcast recapping the mock draft I was in on Saturday. I didn’t get much love for my Freddy Jack and MSW picks! =)

Dec 29th

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2010 Mock Draft #1

by John Gustafson, john@fantasylion.com I did my first mock draft on Saturday night. I picked first. Here’s how my team turned out. I had the 1st pick. We went 16 rounds and K, D, and potential rookies were excluded. PPR league, non bonus scoring. 4 points for QB TDs. Special thanks to Fantasy Taz for setting it up, it was a blast! For full draft results, go here. 1.1 Chris Johnson...

Dec 29th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 13: Ain’t Gonna Catch Me Ridin Dirty The world’s first ever fantasy football vlog recorded in a car, a preview of tonight’s mock draft, and why I am starting my Colts with zero hesitation tonight. -jg

Dec 27th

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The 1st Mock Draft for 2010 Tonight!

by John Gustafson Thanks to Fantasy Taz I’ll participating with other experts in the 1st mock draft for 2010. It’s never too early to start planning for next year. I have the 1st pick and it’s pretty damn obvious who I will be taking. If you don’t know who I’m talking about email me. Taz will also be podcasting the draft results live here. The draft starts at...

Dec 26th

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So one of my buddies was telling me about his team and we were talking about his potential keeper options. He told me he has Gore, AP, VJack, and Brandon Marshall. After encouraging him to go with Gore, AP, and Marshall, I confessed that I wish I would have targeted Marshall this year but due to some bad advice I stayed away from him. Obvi, I’ll never do that again, but I digress. He then...

Dec 26th

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A first look at TEs for 2010

by John Gustafson Here’s my top 20 TEs looking ahead at 2010. If you missed the 2010 TE Preview video, click here. Dallas Clark, IND - Pretty obvious choice. The loss of Harrison and Gonzalez paid off huge for DC and he should continue to be the first or second look for Peyton in 2010. Antonio Gates, SD - “Master” Gates is leading all TEs this year in receiving yards and...

Dec 26th

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Here's why I will start my Colts with ZERO...

by John Gustafson Here’s why I will start my Colts with ZERO hesitation. In 2002, I had a team that was just rolling the whole year long. PPR league, Charlie Garner, Joe Horn, Hines Ward, Terrell Owens, and Koren Robinson were my main players and at QB I had Jeff Garcia who was also solid. I think I reeled off like 10 straight wins and won easily obtained a first round bye into the...

Dec 26th

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Dec 25th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 12a: MA! MEATLOAF! Ok so day 2 of the Christmas special and I have 2 special guests. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! -jg

Dec 23rd

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 12b: MA! MEATLOAF! I left a part off, but I still managed to screw the additional video up. Meant to say Zach Miller not Heath in the beginning of the video. -jg

Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

FantasyLion.com Vlog Archive & Soundtrack:...

In case you missed out on any of the sweet, hot Lion Fantasy Football action! by John Gustafson Episode 10: Mama Said Knock Nick Out “Mama Said Knock You Out” by LL Cool J Episode 9: *&$! NO! Go for broke! “Forever” by Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Eminem Episode 8: Under Pressure “Under Pressure” by Queen Episode 7: Episode 7:...

Dec 23rd

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1st look at my 2010 QB Rankings

by John Gustafson I know it’s early and there’s a lot that’s going to change over the offseason (roster moves, schedules, injuries, the draft) but I wanted to make a list of each position while their performances were fresh in my head and before I looked at rankings from other sites. In case you missed the video where I debuted my QB rankings, peep it here. Aaron Rodgers,...

Dec 22nd

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One of the reasons I started my site

By John Gustafson One of the reasons I started my site was to help people make sense of all the bad fantasy advice that’s out there, like this. I shouldn’t even link to this guy’s story. This is bad advice and a pretty ballsy statement to make. Not start Harrison vs Oakland next week??? Is he crazy??? Was he going for shock value?? But this poor soul is not to blame....

Dec 22nd

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 11: I got you some presents B! Waiver Wire? Pfffff, nothing worth talkin about this week so let’s open some presents, shall we? You’re welcome! -jg

Dec 22nd

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My boy Zack doin dirt Detroit Lions rookie LB Zack Follett recovering his 1st NFL fumble. yea Z!

Dec 22nd

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Dec 22nd

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 10: Mama Said Knock Nick Out I advance to the finals, a week 15 recap, my Super Bowl picks, and an awful hair tribute to Jared Allen. -jg

Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 9: *&$! NO! Go for broke! Eminem kills it, TNF Recap, what my team is up to this week, and how to read an injury report. -jg

Dec 19th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 8: Under Pressure I assumed and you know what happens when you assume, Jags/Colts preview, a couple of Q&A’s, and a tribute to Chris “Slim” Henry. Enjoy. -jg

Dec 18th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 7: Rise & Shine, Good Morning, Howdy Quick injury update, some week 15 waiver options, and Leo gets down to some Nelly Furtado. -jg

Dec 16th

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Special thanks to Jim aka Taz for having me on his show today. I’m on at about the 11 minute mark until the 30 minute mark, but I encourage you to listen to the full show! Follow Jim on Twitter!

Dec 16th

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FantasyLion.com Episode 6: Another One Bites the Dust Niners stay alive and upset the Cards, Kurt Warner helps Scotty into the playoffs, all good things, wooooooooooooo! -jg

Dec 15th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog 5: Supa Dupa Hyphy Hyphy Hyphy Who wins tonight’s MNF game, my Niners or the Cards? Who I like tonight and who told you to start Marshall over Meachem? -jg

Dec 15th

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Week 14 Gameday Injury Report - Who's in and who's...

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED EVERY 5 MINUTES UP UNTIL GAME TIME AFTERNOON GAMES Outs Marc Bulger, Stl Ins Justin Gage, Ten Steven Jackson, Stl Vince Young, Ten MORNING GAMES Outs Bernard Scott, Cin Donald Brown, Ind Devin Hester, Chi Fred Taylor, NE Jake Delhomme, Car John Carney, NO Lance Moore, NO Mark Clayton, Bal Mark Sanchez, NYJ Matt Ryan, Atl Matt Stafford,...

Dec 13th

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Fantasy Football Roundtable podcast I was on earlier tonight.

Dec 13th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode FORE Week 14 Preview. Who I like, who I don’t, my friend Matt’s shirt, and an accidental F-bomb. 36 mins of fantasy goodness. You’re welcome. -jg Episode 3 Episode 2 Episode 1

Dec 13th

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FantasyLion.com Vlog Episode 3: All sorts of special goings-on What’s up everyone?! Here’s 15 minutes of some good ol’ fantasy meat including a tribute to my roommate and his favorite team, the mailbag, and a special guest! Get some-a-dat! -jg Episode 2 Episode 1

Dec 12th

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This guy would start if Tom Brady couldn't go this...

Backup rookie QB out of Michigan St, Brian Hoyer. If you have Brady pick Hoyer up and handcuff him or if you are hurting at QB get him and stash him. Crazier guys have won fantasy championships and Hoyer certainly has plenty of weapons to throw to.

Dec 11th

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FantasyLion.com Episode 2 Like Attack of the Clones Bring the girl you brought to the dance! Also cover a few pickups, tonight’s Pit/Cle game, and give a few shout-outs. Enjoy! NOTE: I know the game is in Cleveland tonight but the joke wouldn’t have been funny had I said “playing ketchup at Browns Stadium”. Also, I forgot to talk about Mendenhall. I like him tonight too....

Dec 11th

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A cool article on my man CJ28

Chris Johnson was sitting in a corner of the old RCA Dome in Indianapolis, a trainer working on his hamstring, when he learned his life had changed. “After you run the 40 at the combine, they don’t tell you right away what official time you got,” Johnson said. “I was sitting with the trainer and someone came up and told me I’d run a 4.24. I knew what it meant. So I...

Dec 10th

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Dec 10th

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Tough week 14 question, but dance with the girl...

Hey John, Was wondering if you could help me with a RB problem. I got what seems to be too many good backs and I know your supposed to play the matchup over the name, which three of these backs would u start? Ray Rice, Steven Jackson, Ricky Williams, Jaamal Charles or Rashard Mendenhall. Its also a .5 PPR league. Hey Tom, Great question. This is crunch time and I have one motto for this time of...

Dec 10th

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My first video blog for the site. I’d like to dedicate it to my parents and wish them happy birthdays as well! I cover the 49ers, Matt Hasslebeck, and why I think the Philip Rivers and the SuperChargers are going to the Super Bowl! I hope you guys like it!

Dec 9th

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Week 14 Treasures: Waiver wire dudes I like...

by John Gustafson, founder of The Lion. Currently listening to this. QBs Jason Campbell- This guy gets hated on a lot, but I like him. In fact, when the ‘Skins don’t resign him, I hope he makes a trip to SF. At least he can run a full offense unlike… Alex Smith- I still have nightmares about Smith sucking it up for my Niners from back in the day, but he’s put it...

Dec 9th

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“The packers and ravens must be trying to set a pass interefence record tonight....”

– My friend Matt’s Facebook status during last night’s Monday Football game between the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens.

Dec 8th

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Dec 8th

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Week 13 Straight Up & Against the Spread Picks:...

Can the Bucs upset the Panthers this week? I think so! Week 12 Straight Up Results GB @ Det - Go Pack Go…WIN Oak @ Dal - Cowgirls…WIN NYG @ Den - New York Football Giants…loss Sea @ Stl - Seahawks…WIN Was @ Phi - Fly Eagles Fly…WIN Car @ NYJ - Roar Panthers Roar…loss Ind @ Hou - The Peyton Mannings…WIN Cle @ Cin - Esteban’s...

Dec 5th

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Chris Johnson Math

Month of November = 5 games + 122 carries + 800 yards rushing + 6.6 yards per carry + 8 rushing TDs + 17 receptions + 168 receiving yards + 9.9 yards a catch + zero fumbles = 155.8 fantasy points (31.2 per game) + fantasy stud + NFL’s November offensive player of the month + my vote for MVP + my favorite player

Dec 4th

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IDP Stack Rankings - Week 13

fantasytycoon: I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving Holiday. It was a great one in my household, and I’m still enjoying the leftovers. Last week the standout player for IDP played on Tday. It was Charles Woodson (GB), and the dude pretty much covered every category you could score in hitting up 6 solo tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT’s, 1 Forced Fumble, 1 Fumble Recovery, 4 Pass Def and a TD to cap...

Dec 4th

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Football in Toronto eh? Thursday Night Football...

Here’s my expectations for tonight’s Thursday Night Football game from Toronto, Ontario, Oh Canada… Comprehensive Rankings (Note- none of the rankings are in a particular order and point expectations are based on point per reception leagues.) QB1- must starts, expect at least 20 points none QB2- only play if your starter is out, expect at least 15 points Mark...

Dec 4th

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Dec 3rd

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Never, eva, eva, eva bench Peyton Manning! Week 13...

Here’s some Week 13 Q&A’s that could help your fantasy squad… Q- Vincent Jackson is my #1 WR in my PPR leage, I dont know if i should start Driver against Bal or the inconsisstant Calvin Johnson against Cin. And then after that I have to choose from Hightower, Fred Jackson, or the 3rd reciever as a flex. Who is looking good?? A: If Jackson is starting again for Buf, go...

Dec 3rd